Family members of the dead man followed his wishes and had the Fender Telecaster guitar placed in his coffin after he died last month.

Sheriff's investigators say a cemetery employee later overheard Conard talking about how the guitar was too valuable to be buried. The employee looked in the casket the following morning, and the guitar was missing.

A message left with Conard's defense attorney was not immediately returned.

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